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Fill-in-the-blank training primes AI to interpret health data from smartwatches and fitness trackers

  • Written by Eloy Geenjaar, Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageAI promises to help wearable devices like smart watches better monitor your health.adamkaz/E+ via Getty Images

The human body constantly generates a variety of signals that can be measured from outside the body with wearable devices. These bio-signals – ranging from heart rate to sleep state and blood oxygen levels – can indicate...

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Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century

  • Written by John P. Jackson, Jr., Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Michigan State University
image'The Dying Tecumseh,' a marble sculpture at the Smithsonian, depicts the Shawnee leader in a heroic light.Frederick Pettrich, Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC BY

In the recent flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump, one warned of “a distorted narrative” about race “driven by ideology rather than truth.” It...

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Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience during a period of uncertainty for the agency

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
imageJared Isaacman, the nominee for next NASA administrator, has traveled to orbit on two commercial space missions. AP Photo/John Raoux

Jared Isaacman, billionaire, CEO and nominee to become the next NASA administrator, faced questions on April 9, 2025, from members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during his confirmatio...

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Schools are harnessing artificial intelligence to revolutionize courses in hospitality management

  • Written by Betsy Pudliner, Associate Professor of Hospitality and Technology Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Stout
imageGenerative AI helps create dynamic simulations that provide students with hands-on, project-based learning experiences.Matt Bird/Getty Images

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Hospitality Employee Relations

What prompted the idea for the course?

The...

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Black Americans are more likely than other racial groups to express their faith in the workplace

  • Written by Elaine Howard Ecklund, Professor of Sociology, Rice University
imageMany Black Americans want to bring their faith to work but face discrimination.Keeproll/E+ via Getty Images

Nearly 40% of Black workers feel comfortable talking about their faith with people at work, the highest of any U.S. racial group, our two recent studies found. But they also risk facing religious discrimination.

For the past 15 years, we have...

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China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cables

  • Written by John Calabrese, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, American University
imageLaying an undersea fiber-optic cable at Arrietara beach near the Spanish village of Sopelana.Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese researchers have unveiled a new deep-sea tool capable of cutting through the world’s most secure subsea cables − and it has many in the West feeling a little jittery.

The development, first revealed in...

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Will Africa’s young voters continue to punish incumbents at the ballot box in 2025? We are about to find out

  • Written by Richard Aidoo, Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University
imageSupporters of opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama celebrate his victory in Accra, Ghana, on Dec. 8, 2024. AP Photo/Jerome Delay

Voters in Gabon head to the ballot box on April 12, 2025, in a vote that marks the first election in the Central African nation since a 2023 coup ended the 56-year rule of the Bongo family.

It is...

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Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence

  • Written by Iveta Silova, Professor of Comparative and International Education, Arizona State University
imageColumbia University has been in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. Rudi Von Briel/Photodisc via Getty Images

Many American universities, widely seen globally as beacons of academic integrity and free speech, are giving in to demands from the Trump administration, which has been targeting academia since it took office.

In one of his first...

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Supreme Court’s decision on deportations gave both the Trump administration and ACLU reasons to claim a victory − but noncitizens clearly lost

  • Written by Rebecca Hamlin, Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
imageA prison officer guards a gate at the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador, where hundreds of migrants from the United States were deported by the Trump administration. Alex Pena/Anadolu via Getty Images

President Donald Trump has claimed victory at the Supreme Court in his campaign to deport Venezuelan migrants accused by the government of...

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Why you should think twice before using shorthand like ‘thx’ and ‘k’ in your texts

  • Written by David Fang, PhD Student in Marketing, Stanford University
imageWhen a texter chops words down, recipients sometimes sense a lack of effort.35mmf2/iStock via Getty Images Plus

My brother’s text messages can read like fragments of an ancient code: “hru,” “wyd,” “plz” – truncated, cryptic and never quite satisfying to receive. I’ll often find myself...

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  12. Peru’s ancient irrigation systems succeeded in turning deserts into farms because of the culture − without it, the systems failed
  13. The ‘courage to be’ in uncertain times − how one 20th-century philosopher defined bravery
  14. AI isn’t what we should be worried about – it’s the humans controlling it
  15. What is reinforcement learning? An AI researcher explains a key method of teaching machines – and how it relates to training your dog
  16. American liberators of Nazi camps got ‘a lifelong vaccine against extremism’ − their wartime experiences are a warning for today
  17. EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?
  18. The trade deficit isn’t an emergency – it’s a sign of America’s strength
  19. Alcohol causes cancer, and less than 1 drink can increase your risk − a cancer biologist explains how
  20. Animal tranquilizers found in illegal opioids may suppress the lifesaving medication naloxone − and cause more overdose deaths
  21. Housing instability complicates end-of-life care for aging unhoused populations
  22. How the small autonomous region of Puntland found success in battling Islamic State in Somalia
  23. What ancient animal fables from India teach about political wisdom
  24. Hip-hop can document life in America more reliably than history books
  25. The hidden power of marathon Senate speeches: What history tells us about Cory Booker’s 25-hour oration
  26. More than just chips: Chinese threats and Trump tariffs could disrupt lots of ‘made in Taiwan’ imports − disappointing US builders, cyclists and golfers alike
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  29. Florida is home to about 341,000 immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti who may soon lose residency, work permits
  30. The Trump administration says Tren de Aragua is a terrorist group – but it’s really a transnational criminal organization. Here’s why the label matters.
  31. The problem with Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center isn’t the possibility of ‘Cats’
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  39. Lessons from El Salvador for US university leaders facing attacks from Trump
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